Arezzo

Arezzo is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, located 50 miles southeast of Florence. The city was founded as the ancient city of Arretium, which was demolished by the Goths and the Lombards during their invasions of Byzantine Italy. In 1098, Arezzo's people overthrew the bishop and formed an independent comune, and it supported the Holy Roman Empire during the wars between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. In 1384, Arezzo yielded to the Republic of Florence, and the city was briefly conquered by the renegade Papal general Vitellozzo Vitelli in 1500 with the goal of provoking a war with Florence (he hated Florence ever since it executed his brother). The city was later restored to Florence and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and it followed their history. In 2013, Arezzo had a population of 99,232 people.